Paper.li RSS generatorIJRC Dailyhttp://paper.li/ijrcenter/1318865010world news in human rights and the rule of lawhttp://www.un.org/News/dh/photos/large/2016/December/12-09-2016AleppoHCR.jpgIJRC Dailyhttp://paper.li/ijrcenter/1318865010180Fri, 09 Dec 2016 18:38:29 +0000Fri, 09 Dec 2016 18:38:29 +0000UN News - ‘Outraged’ UN Member States demand immediate halt to attacks against civilians in Syriahttp://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55764<p><strong>un.org</strong> - 9 December 2016  Expressing “outrage” at the escalation of violence in Syria, particularly war-battered Aleppo, the General Assembly – the universal body comprising all 193 United Nations Members ...</p><br/>Tweeted by @UN_News_Centre https://twitter.com/UN_News_Centre/status/8072810510642749440b3477f2-67a1-4918-8e05-8ea911883f17WorldFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:49:35 +0000UN News - ‘Outraged’ UN Member States demand immediate halt to attacks against civilians in Syriahttp://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55764#.WEr4TaIrK_A<p><strong>un.org</strong> - 9 December 2016  Expressing “outrage” at the escalation of violence in Syria, particularly war-battered Aleppo, the General Assembly – the universal body comprising all 193 United Nations Members ...</p>67731811-3310-4c2c-bcf2-0fd98699f321WorldBrazil's austerity package decried by UN as attack on poor peoplehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/brazil-austerity-cuts-un-official<p><strong>theguardian.com</strong> - Brazil is poised to implement the most socially regressive austerity package in the world, a senior United Nations official has warned. 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The review ...</p>2e2eebb1-12ae-44c2-84d4-db7899b86fb7PoliticsUS government scrambles to respond to surge of migrants at Mexico borderhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/us-government-migrant-influx-texas-mexico-border<p><strong>theguardian.com</strong> - In another context you might guess the giant marquees are being set up for a grand wedding. But this is the Texas border with Mexico, and the white tents are rising as the federal government’s late...</p>a9ffa54e-83a8-42c0-86b7-4718f6ae9cbaWorldDeadly explosions rock Nigeria's Madagali town | Nigeria Newshttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/double-explosion-rocks-nigeria-madagali-town-161209135340056.html<p><strong>aljazeera.com</strong> - Two explosions have ripped through a market in Nigeria's northeast town of Madagali in Adawama state, killing at least 10 people, according to an eyewitness. Ahmadu Gulak, a driver who was buying t...</p>0dfc5a22-5b07-40e7-ac39-db292cfca7d1WorldGeert Wilders found guilty in hate speech trial but no sentence imposedhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/geert-wilders-found-guilty-in-hate-speech-trial-but-no-sentence-imposed<p><strong>theguardian.com</strong> - A Dutch court has convicted populist anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders of hate speech charges at the end of a trial he branded a politically motivated “charade” that endangered freedom of speech....</p>a2d0d52a-c2ab-4c36-a1ca-767851fad1a9PoliticsHundreds of African refugees storm Spain's killer fence | Spain Newshttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/hundreds-african-refugees-storm-spain-killer-fence-161209163717980.html<p><strong>aljazeera.com</strong> - More than 400 people from Africa stormed a border fence to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco in one of the biggest illegal crossing attempts in recent years at the frontier....</p>c613ae2c-c7d0-4a08-8d46-db6acf731832WorldUN News - UN relief wing allocates $58 million for life savings assistance in war-torn Yemenhttp://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55765#.WEr4U6IrK_A<p><strong>un.org</strong> - 9 December 2016  Amid soaring malnutrition and collapsing basic services in Yemen, a staggering 18.8 million people need humanitarian assistance, the United Nations relief wing has reported as it ...</p>a94414c9-d5c5-4aea-9416-1989745657b1WorldGambians seek justice after a 22-year reign of terror | Newshttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/gambians-seek-justice-22-year-reign-terror-161207200250244.html<p><strong>aljazeera.com</strong> - Serrekunda, The Gambia - In a dusty backyard tucked behind a hardware store, two men sit under the shade of a Kapok tree, chatting animatedly about the fate of their outgoing president, Yahya Jamme...</p>4fc22b90-f235-4480-96a1-24d7b520eb15WorldThu, 08 Dec 2016 20:06:15 +0000Morocco acquits girls on trial for homosexualityhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/morocco-acquits-teenage-girls-trial-homosexuality<p><strong>theguardian.com</strong> - A judge in Morocco has acquitted two teenage girls on trial for alleged homosexuality after they were reportedly caught kissing, one of their three lawyers said. The 16-year-old and 17-year-old wer...</p>c19f070a-d6f9-4d5f-92c8-4988ce1e0309WorldDuterte blames ‘vigilantes’ for drug killings. These vigilantes had police badges.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-dutertes-drug-war-rare-evidence-of-a-police-role-in-the-killing/2016/12/06/3a89d830-b6ee-11e6-9fa1-ff5eb54db157_story.html<p><strong>washingtonpost.com</strong> - Police stand guard at the ancestral home of Zenaida Luz in the Philippine town of Gloria. 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Ny Chakrya, Ny Sokha, Yi Soksan, Nay Vanda, and Ms. Lim Monyhttps://www.fidh.org/en/issues/human-rights-defenders/cambodia-ongoing-judicial-harassment-and-arbitrary-detention-of<p><strong>fidh.org</strong> - New information KHM 001 / 0616 / OBS 047.2 Judicial harassment / Arbitrary detention Cambodia December 9, 2016 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH an...</p>4e7a55ca-8b35-4b14-be42-4f7a33760afeSocietyFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:07:57 +0000Ohio 'heartbeat' abortion bill could be test case for overturning Roe v Wadehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/ohio-heartbeat-abortion-bill-test-case-roe-v-wade<p><strong>theguardian.com</strong> - The Ohio state legislature threw down the gauntlet this week to the supreme court, passing a new anti-abortion “heartbeat” bill that would ban terminations from as early as six weeks, the most seve...</p>6be10102-898c-4554-81b6-b80118f10cacPolitics‘Rhetoric of fascism’ is rising in U.S. and Europe, says U.N. rights chiefhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/12/09/rhetoric-of-fascism-is-rising-in-u-s-and-europe-says-u-n-rights-chief/<p><strong>washingtonpost.com</strong> - Pro-Europe protester and artist Kaya Mar shows his painting depicting President-elect Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Former United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader ...</p><br/>Tweeted by @PostWorldNews https://twitter.com/PostWorldNews/status/807273528454221824edad0158-75d2-4848-890a-0ae83ccd3a69PoliticsFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:19:42 +0000Hillary Clinton warns fake news can have 'real world consequences'https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/08/hillary-clinton-fake-news-consequences-pizzagate<p><strong>theguardian.com</strong> - Hillary Clinton issued a call to action against the “epidemic” of fake news in a rare public appearance since her unexpected loss to Donald Trump. 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Since revolution in the re...</p>001839f8-7ecf-4924-a084-5f1f52ef98b3EnvironmentFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:37:01 +0000Environmentalism Was Once a Social-Justice Movementhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/how-the-environmental-movement-can-recover-its-soul/509831/<p><strong>theatlantic.com</strong> - The incoming Trump administration is likely to see the greatest revival of environmentalism as a confrontational, grassroots, sometimes radical movement since at least 1970, when more than a millio...</p><br/>Tweeted by @AmazonWatch https://twitter.com/AmazonWatch/status/807052655143124992d77e372d-b4d7-45c1-9ee7-7645b89079f1EnvironmentFri, 09 Dec 2016 02:42:01 +0000UN News - Honouring memory of victims of genocide, UN chief decries attempts to separate people into ‘us and them’http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55766#.WEr4WaIrK_A<p><strong>un.org</strong> - 9 December 2016  Marking the second International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, United Nations Secretary-General, Ba...</p>75b79a8e-1f6f-424e-a799-416cfad6e3a0CrimeHuman Rights Law is the Legal Basis for Use of Force Against Non-State Armed Groups—But What Follows?https://www.justsecurity.org/35419/human-rights-law-legal-basis-force-non-state-armed-groups-but-follows/<p><strong>justsecurity.org</strong> - In recent weeks there have been two significant and related debates on Just Security about the justification for the use of force against non-state armed groups and the place of human rights in non...</p>ca9bda67-85b1-4319-afd7-4d0dbe68a254CrimeFri, 09 Dec 2016 11:45:05 +0000ICC to discuss South Africa's failure to arrest Sudan's Bashir | Top Newshttp://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN13X2BL<p><strong>af.reuters.com</strong> - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - International Criminal Court judges asked South Africa on Thursday to send representatives to a hearing next year to determine whether it had breached its obligation to arrest...</p><br/>Tweeted by @ngos4justice https://twitter.com/ngos4justice/status/807156452418850816086214be-3e20-4768-a9c9-94ad9b1d2702CrimeFri, 09 Dec 2016 09:34:29 +0000Thaw in relations as African Union officials meet ICC staffhttp://www.jfjustice.net/en/complementarity/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jfjustice.net%2Fen%2Fcomplementarity%2Fthaw-in-relations-as-african-union-officials-meet-icc-staff<p><strong>jfjustice.net</strong> - Frosty relations between the International Criminal Court and the African Union appeared to thaw this week after officials from the two institutions met at a two-day retreat in Addis Ababa, Ethiopi...</p><br/>Tweeted by @IWPR https://twitter.com/IWPR/status/8071959380329144326251b1d2-8646-4472-a922-4cb8f766a919CrimeFri, 09 Dec 2016 12:11:23 +0000Syrian refugees in Canada face dilemma – how to get by when the stipend stopshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/syria-refugees-canada-government-stipend-justin-trudeau<p><strong>theguardian.com</strong> - Minutes after her 25-hour flight touched down in Toronto, Shoruk Alsakni burst into tears. 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Maithripala Siri...</p>b1a0f9b4-60e6-4627-a7c8-f3b457643427StoriesGreece: A Sudanese refugee's 13-year wait for asylumhttp://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/12/greece-sudanese-refugee-13-year-wait-asylum-161201125100045.html<p><strong>aljazeera.com</strong> - Athens, Greece - When Idris Roban was forced to flee the civil war in Sudan in 2000, he didn't have a chance to gather any keepsakes, let alone basic essentials for the long journey to a smuggling ...</p>8ae5fa44-c0fd-4146-96b9-6f3f8fa3315fStoriesCentral American mothers search for their missing sons - News from Al Jazeerahttp://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/12/central-american-mothers-search-missing-sons-161207081134641.html<p><strong>aljazeera.com</strong> - Veracruz, Mexico - The bus is quiet, the only sound is the hum of the engine and the murmur of a couple of women talking near the back. The rest are fast asleep, resting against the windows or each...</p>ad06969c-05ff-46c9-9b3b-14a608e4babdStories